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11.29.2011

My Christmas Tablescape aka Vintage Thrift Store Chic

I get lots of wild ideas.
Painting tables hot pink.
Wearing white after Labor Day.
Getting a new hair cut six days after giving birth.
But this idea was pretty good even for me.
I wanted to create a holiday table with only Dollar Tree or dollar store items.

In other words- cheap.

Here is what I came up with.....

These galvanized buckets were given to me by my neighbor this summer.

The "joy" ornament is from a package of five from Dollar Tree.

The ornaments on the branches? Dollar Tree!!

The burlap is from Hobby Lobby and I did absolutely nothing to it. Well, I folded it over. That's it.

The mirror that everything is sitting on I got at a garage sale two years ago for one dollar.

The pine cones are from Dollar Tree as well and that ivory satin ribbon is a remnant of what I used for the burlap wreath my bestie Rebecca made for me earlier this fall.

The table setting is under six bucks for the whole thing!

The white plates?

Dollar Tree.

I know!!

The chargers I got at Wal Mart after Christmas last year for 30 cents each!

I used a sharpie marker for the burlap runner on the table and wrote JOY by hand.

The branches are courtesy of my snowball bush in my backyard.

I wanted something natural and not so much red and green for my table this year.

I really love how this turned out!!

A simple pine cone as a place holder or to top a napkin on each plate.

Here it is lit up at dusk......

The little churches are ornaments from Wal Mart for $1.97 each.

The small mercury glass looking votive candle holders are from a cute little store called Jeffrey Alans and I got them for 97 cents each! The larger candle holders are from Pottery Barn and were $3.50 each...a little pricier but the cheapest thing you will ever find in that store. :)

This table scape brings me joy just looking at it every day.

Here is the price breakdown:

- branches- free! thanks mother nature. :)

- galvanized buckets- free! thanks to my neighbor Jackie. :)

- JOY ornaments- $1.00 for a package of five atDollar Tree

- pine cones- $1.00 for a package of up to seven or eight atDollar Tree

- satin ribbon- left over from a previous project but bought at Wal Mart for 2 bucks for the roll.

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Absolutely beautiful!! I can't believe that most of the stuff you got for so cheap!!! The way you put it all together makes it look like you spent WAY more money than that. Nice job!! :) Thanks for linking up to Strut Your Stuff Saturday! We hope that you will come back tomorrow and share more of you amazing ideas!Camille @SixSistersStuff

Hello!

My name is Kari and I love to write about DIY on the cheap. Basically I am Martha Stewart. Without the money. Or the fancy cars. Or the hired help. Or the intricate art projects. Ok I am nothing like Martha Stewart. I'm a mom to two great girls. A wife to one amazing hubs. And the food source to one unbelieveably lucky eight year old goldfish. Welcome to our life.

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